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  2. List of city nicknames in Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Reno proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in Nevada compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities and towns in Nevada are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...

  3. List of city nicknames in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Reno, Nevada proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...

  4. Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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    Las Vegas, [a] colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County.The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-largest in the Southwestern United States.

  5. What are the origins of some famous city nicknames? - AOL

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    Many city nicknames roll off the tongue like it's second nature. New York City is, of course, "the Big Apple." Paris is the "City of Love." Los Angeles is the "City of Angels." They're a given at this

  6. Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Clark County is the most populous county in Nevada, accounting for nearly three-quarters of its residents. Las Vegas, Nevada's most populous city, has been the county seat since the county was created in 1909 from a portion of Lincoln County, Nevada. Before that, it was a part of Arizona Territory.

  7. List of Nevada state symbols - Wikipedia

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    Nicknames: Silver State, Battle Born State, Sagebrush State n/a Seal: The Seal of Nevada: 1886 Song: Home Means Nevada: 1933 Steam locomotive: Nevada Northern Railway ...

  8. Naked City, Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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    Naked City is the nickname for a neighborhood located in Las Vegas, Nevada, a sub-section of the Gateway District.The neighborhood is located at the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip, near the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue, bordered to the west by Tam Drive, and to the north by New York Avenue.

  9. Flag of Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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    The gray stripe alludes to Nevada's nickname as "The Silver State". On the same day as the adoption of the flag, these two colors were adopted as the official colors of Las Vegas. The seal shows three tall buildings- the middle is the tallest, the left is the shortest, and the right is midway the height between the two.